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Is federation working? (self.pixelfed)

submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by avidamoeba to c/pixelfed

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Can see accounts on pixelfed.social but I can't see any pics from them.

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[–] quaff 7 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (13 children)

There is some weird issue with federation on pixelfed... you can't search up hashtags either. I am not sure how the caching in federation works, but it seems like you have to wait for pixelfed.ca to "encounter" the post somehow first before you can search for/view them.

EDIT: There's definitely something about the way pixelfed.ca is configured. Or maybe pixelfed.social is configured in specific way (latest commits in the repo?). On pixelfed.social, you can view mastodon accounts (and all their photos) and hashtags. But on pixelfed.ca (and another server I've tried before), I can see the account, but none of the posts.

[–] breakfastmtn 6 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (12 children)

When you search for a hash tag, you're searching the global feed. The global feed is local accounts, accounts anyone on your server is following, and accounts connected to a relay your server is following. On a new server, it takes time to build those connections.

Also, when a server becomes aware of an account, only new posts are shown. The reason you can see all that stuff on pixelfed.social is that it's been active for like 7 years and has "known" about those accounts for a long time. When first connected, you'd get the same results on pixelfed.social that you're getting now.

Federation is probably fine, but Pixelfed.ca is just in an awkward phase.

[–] quaff 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Ah okay. So it's just a matter of.. the more people use this instance, the more things are cached. Gotcha! Thanks for that explanation 🙏

[–] breakfastmtn 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, early members have to do a bit more legwork making connections to make it easier for the noobs down the road ;)

[–] quaff 2 points 2 months ago

Gah. Time to search and load all the profiles 🥲👀

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